The Adoration of Jenna Fox

$21.59

Hardcover
Publish Date: April 2008
Language: English
Reading Level: 3.8
EAN: 9780805076684

Overview

Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn’t remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?

This fascinating novel represents a stunning new direction for acclaimed author Mary Pearson. Set in a near future America, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity. Mary Pearson’s vividly drawn characters and masterful writing soar to a new level of sophistication.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a 2009 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year.

Details

Pages: 272
Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.2 in
Lexile Score: 570
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 9
ISBN: 0805076689

Awards

2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2011 California Young Reader Medal - Nominee (Young Adult)
2011 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2011 Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee (Intermediate)
2010 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2010 Heartland Award - Honor Book (Young Adult)
2010 Iowa High School Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2010 Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2010 Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee (Ages 12 & Up)
2010 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2009 Golden Kite - Honor Book (Fiction)
2009 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2009 Tayshas Reading - Commended (Young Adult)
2009 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)
2008 Golden Kite - Honor Book (Fiction)